> Depends on what you're interested in. > > IOUG-A is a much smaller conference (about 4000 at the last> one I think). It has much better technical content overall> (because the IOUG picks all the papers presented). You > will learn much more. The vendor floor is pretty small, > due to the smaller attendance.> > OpenWorld is run by Oracle. Its a much larger conference.> (anybody have the figures for last years attendance?)> The IOUG has minimal input in> how things go. They do select some of the papers, but most> are selected by Oracle. There is a lot of marketing fluff, but> you can get a good sense of where Oracle is headed with> their technology. The parties are much better. > > That being said, I'm going to both of them this year.Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 17:45:02 CDT